Greetings from the North-West

[ProtoTipo]

Hi Norman,

Did you turn up at the Kit Car Action Day at Oulton Park in a yellow Corbra?
On this day? (see pics.):

[LM mic]

Congrats Norman and welcome to family LB owners !
Yellow , Orange .... watever they are very very nice colors specially with your choice of interior
Your christmas day will come surely do not worry .... as soon as you will have to unpack all these cardboard full of nice laser cut part , stainless beautifully welded ones, machined uprights etc etc
For now you will be probably busy too??? ...Alfa 156 to pickup all needed parts.... Cleaning engine....
Well done
Looking forward to start watching at your build thread

[mel lewis]

Norm
I think this one is the closest Lister Bell to you, see the thread " LB in Wales " and give Steve a shout.

mel

[tomsredstratos]

Hi Norm and welcome to the forum.

What was the reg number of the Allora you built? Is it one we know here?

Tom.

[Normb666]

Hey Guys,

thanks muchly for all the good wishes - it's nice to be wanted (except, maybe, by the rozzers!). Loooong way off getting anything that may one day resemble a Stratos, but that won't stop me posting rubbish on here

Prototipo - it's Chris, isn't it? - yeah, you're right, I did go to that Oulton gig with my yellow Cobra! The yellow Stratos in your pics was owned by my pal Dave...we both had yellow Strati at the same time between '89 and '92, at which point I sold mine (part exchanged it at a Lancia dealer's for a new Integrale Evo).
Are you the guy who does all the decals? - cos if so, I bought a set from you a few weeks back via ebay

Tom, my Allora was SBM 660R, built between late '87 and early '89, and it's now owned by Steve Struthers (Susit on here). He called me when he bought it and we had a good long chat, and next time I was up his way I got to see it all over again! At the time of the Oulton thing (2006) Steve was there and told me someone had crashed into the back of him...I believe he's got it sorted now (or is on the way, anyway). I did try and send him a PM on here but his mailbox is full.

Coupla pix of Cobra....



It's a Superformance, made in South Africa, and mine was no. 24 which turned out to be a prototype raced by the factory. Motor was a 351 Cleveland (5.7 litres) and it was very close visually to a real one - so much so that someone at Oulton asked me if it was real. No surprise there, till he told me he actually had a real one and couldn't tell!!

Mel, I think I've already spoken to Steve by chance - I think it was him at the Heaves Hotel "Car's the Star" car show in July, when I was there sorting out some details for a driving weekend I'd organised. Small world, eh? He never said it was a Lister Bell - but I was only vaguely aware of them then, and assumed it was a Hawk/Transformer.

Not sure whether I should continue to post in this thread or start a new one with any news...what's the accepted protocol? (assuming there is one!)

Laterz

The Norm

[ChrisCar6]

Welcome Norm.
Looks like your already beyond the 'just joined' status, so just post anywhere and everywhere!

[LM mic]

Very very nice Cobra Indeed !!!
Congrats
I do like the details and the way the front oil cooler is connected !!!!!!!!!!

[ProtoTipo]

Prototipo - it's Chris, isn't it? - yeah, you're right, I did go to that Oulton gig with my yellow Cobra! The yellow Stratos in your pics was owned by my pal Dave...we both had yellow Strati at the same time between '89 and '92, at which point I sold mine (part exchanged it at a Lancia dealer's for a new Integrale Evo).
Are you the guy who does all the decals? - cos if so, I bought a set from you a few weeks back via ebay

The Norm

Yep, that's right.
There's a chap in our village that brought a similar Cobra back from South Africa. I wonder if it's the same make?

[ProtoTipo]

The Allora: